Company Description
About Playtech
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B and B2C businesses. Both divisions leverage Playtech’s proprietary technology to deliver innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience.
Playtech is the gaming industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gaming software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com
Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices.
Ready to level up your career?
We are looking for a UX Designer to join our team in Manchester. The successful candidate will be working in our Design Team, specialising in Visual & Interaction design for web-based apps running on a variety of form-factors including desktop, mobile, kiosk, and slot machine. By collaborating with experts in the casino industry, software development, systems engineering, and automation, you will help to connect every user, device, and system in the casino to drive unique business value for our partners.
Job Description
Your influential mission. You will...
- Design high-quality, consistent, innovative, and user-centric experiences across our full product portfolio.
- Analyse user requirements and product strategies to conceive and promote world-class UX.
- Produce sketches, wireframes, multi-fidelity prototypes, and user flows in Figma and other tools, accompanied by notes and annotations to aid stakeholder understanding.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to explore and refine business requirements, communicate your designs, and justify your choices.
- Contribute to a culture of design excellence and best practice within the company.
- Contribute to our Design System with atomic components, patterns, and shared vocabulary.
- Contribute to the discovery and innovation activities around the early-stage formation of new products and features.
Should you wish, you will have the opportunity to travel and engage with the users of the system.
Qualifications
Components for success. You...
- Must have strong capability to conceive, design, and promote outstanding user interfaces, experiences, and flows which match the very best of web-based applications.
- Should have a solid understanding of the principles of good Information Architecture, Interaction Design and Visual Design, typography, layout, use of colour and spacing, responsive design, etc.
- Possess strong ability in major graphic design apps, prototyping apps, and tools e.g. Figma, InDesign, Illustrator.
- Have excellent attention to detail and appreciation of how design choices impact users.
- Exhibit excellent communication and presentation skills, and ability to listen, learn, and build knowledge.
- Show genuine passion for your art and craft, curiosity to learn about users and business processes, and willingness to promote bold ideas.
You'll get extra points for...
- Experience in the casino industry or similar fields.
- Knowledge of systems engineering and automation.
- Previous experience with multi-fidelity prototyping.
- Ability to travel and engage with users directly.
Thrive in a culture that values...
- Diversity and the variety of backgrounds we represent.
- A collaborative environment where your personality and perspective help drive our business forward.
- Opportunities for growth, development, and engagement with users.
- A commitment to design excellence and best practices.
Additional Information
HOW TO APPLY?
In addition to your CV, please add a brief motivation letter covering your goals, your current experience in UX Design or related fields, and/or working in a corporate environment. You can write it in the comment section at the end of the application page (under “your message to the hiring manager”).
NEON TEAM
Our Neon team is a diverse group of professionals dedicated to creating innovative and user-centric designs. We value collaboration, creativity, and a passion for excellence. Join us and be part of a team that drives unique business value for our partners.
Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
